Entry
  1. Noun

    the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead; Hades

    Buddhism

Also written 冥途【めいど】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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dark

Kun
くら.い
On
メイ、ミョウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2349 of 2500
Radical
cover

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
2-2-8SKIP code
2i8.2The Kanji Dictionary
3780.0Four corner code
51a5Unicode hex code
1-44-29JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
630Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
405New Nelson (John Haig)
2613Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1810Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2841Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
322Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1158Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1588Morohashi
1522Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
ming2Pinyin reading
myeongKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

soil, earth, ground, Turkey

Kun
つち
On
ド、ト
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
307 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

つく、は、ひじ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-2SKIP code
3b0.1The Kanji Dictionary
4010.0Four corner code
1472deroo
571fUnicode hex code
1-37-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1050Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
966New Nelson (John Haig)
3403New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4211Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2127Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2875Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
150Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
161Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
316A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
42Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
19Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4867Morohashi
60A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
24Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
17sakade
37Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
19henshall3
22Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
360crowley
22Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
347Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
152Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tu3Pinyin reading
to, duKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level